Sixty years, and still going strong
Members of the GFWC Lutz-Land O’ Lakes Woman’s Club donated enough school supplies to fill two SUVs. The supplies and teacher-needed items, collected over the summer by the club’s Education Committee, were delivered to Lutz Elementary and Shady Hills Elementary schools. The woman’s club has supported education through scholarships, and assisted local schools and libraries in the community for nearly six decades. Pat Wagner, left, and Marcy Edmonson with one of the filled SUVs.
New academic year
Saint Leo University’s main campus, 33701 State Road 52 in St. Leo, was filled with students finding their classes and learning what was in store for the new academic year, as classes began Aug. 21.
More than 2,100 traditional undergraduates are studying at University Campus this fall, with more than 1,400 students living on campus.
First-year and transfer students moved in Aug. 16.
For information, visit SaintLeo.edu.
Looking for sponsors
Bexley Elementary’s PTO (parent-teacher organization) is planning to host a Movie Night on Sept. 14 at 6:30 p.m., for all students and their families, and is looking for a local business to help sponsor the event.
A donation of $500 will cover the cost of the blow-up screen and projector.
The movie will be free, including popcorn, and will be in the school’s cafeteria.
Families who would like to eat dinner, can buy pizza, a cookie and soda for $3.
Bexley also is open to ideas on sponsorship benefits. Some of these ideas include: the business/logo mentioned as a sponsor in all promotions leading up to movie night; a Thank You message with logo displayed on the screen prior to the movie; a table on-site with information about the business; and, the business could provide branded popcorn bags or could provide stickers to put on the bags.
For information, email Kathy Hrach at .
Patel Conservatory classes
Registration is now open for 2018 fall classes that start Sept. 4, in dance, theater and music at the Patel Conservatory at the Straz Center for the Performing Arts.
More than 100 classes are offered in age-specific categories, ranging from prekindergarten to adult. Sequential curricula are designed to accommodate students of all skill levels, from novice to professional.
Patel offers master classes with performers, field trips to professional performances, and celebrity question-and-answer sessions, as well as other activities. Auditions are required for some classes.
Registration is available online, by calling (813) 222-1040, or in person at the Patel Conservatory.
For information, and a full list of classes, descriptions and schedules, visit PatelConservatory.org.
SAT/ACT boot camp
More than 50 local students can now get help with free SAT/ACT prep.
Scholarships are available to students from low-income families.
Andrea Catsicas, of Mindworks Prep, is offering the scholarships for eligible students to attend one of her Tampa area boot camps.
Local students currently on free or reduced lunch can apply.
There will be a one-day boot camp at the University of South Florida Alumni Center on Sept. 16 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
For information and to apply, visit MindworksPrep.com.
Performance funding
Pasco-Hernando State College recently placed in the silver category for state college performance funding, as announced by the Chancellor’s Office, Division of Florida Colleges.
The college will receive Institutional Investment Funds of $799,073, as well as State Investment Funds of $799,073, to support college operations for the 2018-2019 academic year.
Performance funding is relative to the metrics of student retention, completion, job placement and starting salaries for graduates.
For information PHSC programs and services, visit PHSC.edu.
Recycle with Crayola
Crayola ColorCycle was launched as a way to help kids understand the importance of their role in protecting the environment.
Through the initiative, students in kindergarten through 12th grade in schools across the United States and parts of Canada can collect and repurpose used Crayola markers.
Teachers and students have the opportunity to explore eco-friendly practices through specially developed standards-based lesson plans to enrich instruction and promote lively class discussion.
There are four steps to becoming an Eco-Cool School.
- Inform the school administrators or parent-teacher organization about participating in the ColorCycle program.
- Set up a collection station in the school for used markers. Count up all the markers.
- Pack markers in a cardboard box (with minimal outer markings). Print out a shipping label.
- FedEx Ground will pick up the markers – Crayola pays all the shipping charges.
For information and to get started, visit Crayola.com.
Serving in the Navy
Petty Officer 3rd Class Patrick Reina is a gas turbine systems technician aboard one of the four advanced warships forward-deployed to Rota, Spain.
He is participating in a NATO ballistic missile defense mission, while assigned to the guided-missile destroyer USS Ross.
A Navy gas turbine systems technician is responsible for the health of the engines and the propulsion of the ship.
Reina is a 2015 Sickles High School graduate and Tampa native.
